• PugJesus@lemmy.worldOPM
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    2 years ago

    Dictator perpetuo, which has connotations that historians and linguists often argue over. But yes, in the sense of a ruler coming to power by unconstitutional means, Caesar fits.

    By the modern usage, however, only dirty Opt*mate sympathizers would dare call the Divus Julius a tyrant!